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1953, Monroe was one of the most marketable Hollywood stars. She had leading roles in thefilm noir Niagara, which overtly relied on her sex appeal, and the comedies Gentlemen PreferBlondes and How to Marry a Millionaire, which established her star image as a “dumb blonde”.The same year, her nude images were used as the centerfold and cover of the first issue ofPlayboy magazine. Monroe played a significant role in the creation and management of herpublic image throughout her career, but felt disappointed when typecast and underpaid by thestudio. She was briefly suspended in early 1954 for refusing a film project but returned to star inThe Seven Year Itch (1955), one of the biggest box office successes of her career.When the studio was still reluctant to change Monroe’s contract, she founded her own filmproduction company in 1954. She dedicated 1955 to building the company and began studyingmethod acting under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. Later that year, Fox awarded her anew contract, which gave her more control and a larger salary. Her subsequent roles included acritically acclaimed performance in Bus Stop (1956) and her first independent production in ThePrince and the Showgirl (1957). She won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her role in SomeLike It Hot (1959), a critical and commercial success. Her last completed film was the dramaThe Misfits (1961).Monroe’s troubled private life received much attention. She struggled with addiction and mooddisorders. Her marriages to retired baseball star Joe DiMaggio and to playwright Arthur Millerwere highly publicized, but ended in divorce. On August 4, 1962, she died at age 36 from anoverdose of barbiturates at her Los Angeles home. Her death was ruled a probable suicide.Norma Jeane Mortenson later took her mother’s name, Baker. Her mother was frequentlyconfined in an asylum, and Norma Jeane was reared by 12 successive sets of foster parentsand, for a time, in an orphanage. In 1942 she married a fellow worker in an aircraft factory, butthey divorced soon after World War II. She became a popular photographer’s model and in 1946signed a short-term contract with Twentieth Century-Fox, taking as her screen name MarilynMonroe. After a few brief appearances in movies made by the Fox and Columbia studios, shewas again unemployed, and she returned to modeling for photographers. Her nude photographon a calendar brought her a role in the film Scudda-Hoo! Scudda-Hay! (1948), which wasfollowed by other minor roles.In 1950 Monroe played a small uncredited role in The AsphaltJungle that reaped a mountain of fan mail. An appearance in All About Eve (1950) won heranother contract from Fox and much recognition. In a succession of movies, including Let’sMake It Legal (1951), Love Nest (1951), Clash by Night (1952), and Niagara (1953), she advanced to star billing on the strength of her studio-fostered image as a “love goddess.” Withperformances in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), andThere’s No Business Like Show Business (1954), her fame grew steadily and spread throughoutthe world, and she became the object of unprecedented popular adulation. In 1954 she marriedbaseball star Joe DiMaggio, and the attendant publicity was enormous. With the end of theirmarriage less than a year later she began to grow discontented with her career.[10/15, 22:27] SKILL INDIA: DrakeAubrey Drake Graham born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter.Aninfluential figure in contemporary popular music, Drake has been credited for popularizingsinging and R&B sensibilities in hip hop. Gaining recognition by starring as Jimmy Brooks in theCTV teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–08), he pursued a career inmusic releasing his debut mixtape Room for Improvement in 2006. He followed this with themixtapes Comeback Season (2007) and So Far Gone (2009) before signing with Young MoneyEntertainment.In 2022, Drake released the house-inspired album Honestly, Nevermind and thecollaborative album, Her Loss, with 21 Savage. Known for frequent accompanying releases tohis albums, Drake achieved critical and commercial success with the mixtapes If You’re ReadingThis It’s Too Late (2015) and More Life (2017).As an entrepreneur, Drake founded the OVO Sound record label with longtime collaborator 40 in2012. In 2013, Drake became the “global ambassador” of the Toronto Raptors, joining theirexecutive committee and later obtaining naming rights to their practice facility. In 2016, hebegan collaborating with Brent Hocking on the bourbon whiskey Virginia Black. In 2022, hebecame a part owner of Italian soccer club A.C. Milan.Among the world’s best-selling music artists, with over 170 million records sold, Drake is rankedas the highest-certified digital singles artist in the United States by the RIAA.Heralded as theundisputed leader of a new hip-hop generation in the early 2000s, the Toronto-born formerDegrassi: The Next Generation star served notice on his early mixtapes that a new voice wasemerging from the North. Since his official debut album Thank Me Later (2010), Drizzy hasbecome one of the most consistent hitmakers of the 2010s — racking up the most charted songs(205) as a solo artist in Billboard Hot 100 history — as comfortable with a poppy hook as he iswith battle rap bars.Drake is among the acts who adapted most smoothly to the quarantine,releasing mixtape “Dark Lane Demo Tapes” in late April 2020.The project zoomed to No. 2 on the Billboard charts, narrowly losing the top spot to KennyChesney.”Dark Lane Demo Tapes” included several popular singles including the viral hit “Toosie Slide.”The Canadian hip-hop star indicated plans to release a full album in summer 2020.AubreyDrake Graham was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Dennis Graham, an African-Americanmusician born in Memphis, Tennessee, and Sandi (Sher) Graham, a Canadian Jewish educator.As a young man, Drake appeared in several commercials, for such retailers as Sears and GMC.In 2001, Drake rose to fame playing the role of “Jimmy Brooks”, a character on Degrassi: TheNext Generation (2001), a basketball star who is confined to a wheelchair after being shot by aclassmate. In 2006, Drake launched his music career by releasing his first mix tape, “Room forImprovement”. Three years later, his third mix tape, “So Far Gone”, garnered him critical and